Welcome to the Squadra di Vecchi Tori Blog

We are a group of ordinary bike riders who live in or around the suburb of Malvern, Melbourne, Australia and ride under the name ‘Squadra di Vecchi Tori’ (Team of Old Bulls). Why the name? Because Molteni and Gewiss were already taken and a few of our riders are involved in the beef industry. The rest of us like being associated with signs of virility.

In March 2010, 16 of our crew each rode 527ks in 24 hours during the annual Murray to Moyne cycling event held in Victoria. We raised over $60,000 for 2 charities close to the hearts of 2 of our riders – Learning for Life and The Unicorn Foundation. Links below.

You can also find us at www.twitter.com/m2m500.

This blog will document some of our rides, contain tips, commentary, banter and a distraction for all.

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The annual Melburn Roobaix ride was held on Sunday. It is a tribute ride to the legendary Paris Roubaix ride that takes place across a network of backroads and most importantly paved alleyways across Melbourne to finish with a victory lap around the Harrison Street Velodrome in Northcote.

I had participated in the previous 3 editions of the ride but was away from Melbourne for the weekend for family commitments and could not take part this year – lack of credits in the leave-pass bank after a trip to the Tour Downunder in January and various other cycle-event related activities.

However I was lucky enough to receive a copy of the route map and brevet card last week and was intending to reconnoitre the route before the weekend until work commitments and a cold intervened. So, the plan is to undertake the ride later this week/weekend. If anyone wants to join me on the ‘alternative Melburn Roobaix” let me know via the comments section or directly.